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CFB 12 Team playoff- so, is this accurate?

Posted on 1/24/24 at 12:35 pm
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
20332 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 12:35 pm
There's a lot of confusion about the seeding, I've seen both ways.

According to ESPN, the top 4 seeds (those that get byes) will be the top 4 conference champs:
quote:

The four highest-ranked conference champions will earn the top-four seeds and receive a first-round bye. The other eight teams will play in the first round, with the higher seeds hosting the lower seeds either on campus or "at other sites designated by the higher-seeded institution.

LINK

So if this is correct, the byes will be SEC, Big 10, ACC and Big 12. No other realistic alternative.
Doesn't matter if SEC is #1 and #3 AFTER the SEC championship, or Big 10 etc.

And no, the Pac 2 will not bump out the ACC or Big 12, and no other conference will.

It's going to be interesting, if the Big 12 has a 10 win champ, and gets a bye, while you see SEC or Big 10 teams that might have 1 loss, ranked ahead of them, and have to play first weekend.
Posted by geauxnavybeatbama
Member since Jul 2013
25134 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 12:41 pm to
the big 12 should just claim a tie like they did with Baylor and TCU. I'm sure it will work out well for them again
Posted by JayAg
Member since Jun 2021
10282 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 12:43 pm to
I’m not going to watch the new Big 12. I even lost interest in seeing any Deion games.
Posted by Toroballistic
Tallahassee
Member since Dec 2017
1900 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 12:44 pm to
I remember that one year Ga. Tech played for the ACC championship with a 6-6 record. If they had won they would not have gotten the bye over the highest ranked non-power 5 champ.
Posted by MedDawg
Member since Dec 2009
4457 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 12:49 pm to
Some lucky lower seeded team will get an average ACC or Big12 Championship team in the second round.
Posted by Jake81
Member since Jul 2021
238 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 12:54 pm to
no, the top 4 team that has to miss out on a bye gets the 5 seed, and thus will play the 4 seed in the second round, not to mention they will play the G5 rep in the 1st round. easiest path to the simis, better than finishing 1 or 2
Posted by SneezyBeltranIsHere
Member since Jul 2021
2437 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 12:59 pm to
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I’m not going to watch the new Big 12.


I couldn't disagree more. The new Big 12 will be very interesting.
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
20332 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 1:11 pm to
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I remember that one year Ga. Tech played for the ACC championship with a 6-6 record. If they had won they would not have gotten the bye over the highest ranked non-power 5 champ.

Ok,... there's always that technicality. It could happen to any conference. At that point, is it Liberty? Or is Oregon State/Washington State going to have the record to pass them? *Note, one of those 2 teams WILL get the Pac championship, and will be higher ranked than 4 of: CUSA, AAC, MAC, Sun Belt, Mountain West conference champ.

I guess the bigger point is that there will only be 1 SEC team getting a bye, and only 1 Big 10 team. No matter what. Not even if those 2 conferences have 9 of the top 12 seeds, which could be the case in many years.
Posted by Damariun
Columbia, SC
Member since Dec 2016
606 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 2:05 pm to
Will the #1 seed get the lowest seed or would they have to play the winner of #8 vs #9?
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